Executive Leadership Coaching

Before I met David I was experiencing a lot of self-doubt and indecision, as well as a challenging interpersonal and leadership environment at my workplace. I felt like I was ‘stuck’ without really knowing why (there was clearly something subconscious going on!) Whilst working with David I had major insights into my personality, leadership style and my subconscious beliefs and patterns that were keeping me ‘stuck’. I also acquired a deep understanding of the interpersonal conflicts I was experiencing, my role in them and how I could resolve them / come to peace with them. As a result of my work with David I am now inspired and have some helpful tools and insights to help me grow further. I now feel confident to manage conflict and I feel clear about my path ahead. If you want to improve yourself, then I recommend David because he has a way of unlocking your subconscious belief and helping you to make progress without evening knowing that you’re being coached! David is one of those very rare, 100% authentic, grounded humans who has done the work himself. He walks his talk and has a wisdom of the deeper meaning of life.

I was fortunate to have my employer engage the services of David who was working with the Executive Leadership Team. He was coaching each of the group leaders individually and was engaged with many of the senior leaders in the business where he focused on personal and professional development. David also conducted group strategy sessions where the focus was on how a group can achieve more co-creatively. This was proven in action, to have more meaning and therefore better results, which also helped people get out of their own silo and into the group organisation. David is a dab hand at getting to know a person on a deep level. He understands each person’s individual needs and is respectful of how a person needs to be coached. People can often get lost in their day-to-day agenda’s and when you are out of the weed’s and in David’s care, he helps you find the answers that you have deep down. Never once have I been with David and been told what to do. Very often have I been with David where I have found deep down the answers of what needs to be done and with some refinement through our discussion, I have left our meeting focussed and refreshed. David has helped build on my pre-existing skills, considering my personal complexities, and helped me package my problems at any given time, in a way that has given me confidence to act. His techniques help bring clarity! He has particularly helped with the problems that go with managing difficult people that have all resulted in positive outcomes. His expertise in this regard has been invaluable. I have had some personal and professional difficulties in recent years around anxiety and stress and this has led to a fear of making decisions in some cases, but second guessing the decisions you do make in others. He has helped me find the answers I need for my decisions and helped build the confidence needed to act. A year ago, I would walk into a meeting room, nervous and in fear of public speaking. David has changed that one year on and I walk into Executive meetings, prepared, and assured and this has been the best experience I could have asked for. Our values are totally aligned with the mastery of attitudes and behaviours however David’s ability to deal with awkward customers is second to none. He has helped me go deep and really drill down on my own attitudes. We have worked through stress status and how I react in these situations and what I could do differently and how. I have a far better understanding of me, than I did before, and this will keep me in step for the rest of my career. David would add significant value to any organisation that wants to develop its leadership culture, business practice and performance. He can go deep in his analysis to get to the core of problems and identify the opportunities for growth. David is highly skilled and will help develop a business based on strong attitudinal competence, developing the right leadership behaviours, team building and creation of business strategies. He will help focus your people to produce a greater ROI in a happier work environment.

I cannot thank David enough for being so upfront and direct to make me think on a higher level taking me out of my comfort zone. Reaching for the stars. His expertise and calm manner made me feel at ease. Sharing his personal story with me helped me to connect and understand where he was coming from allowing me to be more open and direct. So thanks David for all you do.

Take off the mask, do away with assumptions/perceptions, switch-onto manual drive and let people see your inner light and passion in that moment” These were some of the talking points in applying the power of respectful influence to enhance my leadership profile. David Deane-Spread asks questions that make you rethink your leadership behaviours within the reality of your surroundings. In my case it was putting into practice behaviours that I already knew but unable or unwilling to show; to allow my emotions to be present and always respectful. David continually reminded me “you can do this – you already know this stuff - you have it in you”. In my experience David Deane-Spread offers coaching in a style akin to that of an advisor; to enhance existing capabilities, improve resilience and to develop both personally and professionally.

David has been my career coach for many years now. David is a humble, trustworthy person and I would trust David with my life. David’s coaching has helped me work through many difficult decisions and I am a better person at work and at home because of this.

David’s helping us improve Splend’s leadership capability and culture, as we prepare to significantly scale our global fleet platform through electric vehicles. I have certainty and confidence in his work due to long standing support David has provided to me over my career.

David's work on attitudes presents significant and life-changing concepts in a practical and thought-provoking manner. His thorough coverage of important information for our time, such as the power of thought, emotion and intention, is a must-read for anyone committed to their own personal development and that of their employees. This book has application for any age group.

This valuable workbook provides step by step coaching on achieving improved personal outcomes by probing aspects of attitude and examining how these might be transformed. In my experience the combination of approach and topic is unique in personal development texts.

As a Profit Improvement Strategist consulting to a wide range of businesses I see numerous examples of how poor attitude defeats both individuals and companies. Master the Power of Your Attitude is the best workbook I have seen to help people realise their own potential and gain invaluable insight into how colleagues and subordinates see them. It should be required reading for everyone in business.

In this excellent workbook, David Deane-Spread has provided us with fundamental tools for life mastery. In a practical step by step fashion, he shows us how to first understand and then take command of our attitudes, instead of being governed by them. He challenges the notion - "I have no choice" and blows it out of the water, revealing how we can always retain our power and never have to surrender to circumstances